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William James on the Psychology of the Second Wind and What Enables Us to Transcend Our Limits

By Maria Popova

James begins with the curious psychological phenomenon of the “second wind,” familiar to everyone from athletes to artists to entrepreneurs — a perplexity that had captivated his imagination for years.

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What Is Self-Actualization? 13 Traits of Self-Actualized People

If becoming a self-actualized person means realizing our greatest talents and achieving our greatest potential, how do we go about doing that? How do we achieve self-actualization?

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Austin Bollinger
2021
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The “Do It All Myself” Mentality that’s Born from Trauma and Feeling Unworthy.

The “do it all myself” mentality is praised by society as a strong work ethic and tenacious independence. But it’s actually a habit born from trauma and feeling unworthy.

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Jennifer Bauer
2020
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Are You Addicted to Doing?

When work life is overwhelming, we can get stuck in a loop of "busyness"—keeping the mind occupied with tasks to avoid work, which increases our stress levels. Explore these mindfulness tips to slow down so you can get more done.

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Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter
2019
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Finding Flow

Here, the man who literally wrote the book on flow presents his most lucid account yet of how to experience this blissful state.

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1997
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